From Vicky Budinger

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From Vicky Budinger

I was very disappointed in the article "The New Atheism." It gave no concrete atheist principles that might convince one to ditch their beliefs in God. I was especially surprised that Dennett says that our defaults (moral codes) are arbitrary. I would think scientists could make arguments that our moral codes insure the continued existence of the human species by balancing the needs for individuals' survival with the need for functional societies. Until the atheist are willing and able to defend sacred values as being scientifically necessary, regardless of the existance of God, they might as well just give up.